Colwyn council to decide on paying bills

COLWYN — Borough council will convene for a special meeting Wednesday afternoon, during which members will reconsider paying the borough’s bills.

At last month’s legislative meeting, Councilwoman Tonette Pray succeeded in an effort to table the motion to pay the bills after a lengthy and vehement discussion. The agenda for Wednesday’s 2:30 p.m. meeting contains only one action item, and that is to pay the bills.

When the motion was tabled April 17, Borough Manager Paula Brown warned that it would push the borough into defying a court order requiring timely payments of health insurance premiums for retired Colwyn police officers. Several times in the past three years, those bills haven’t been paid, resulting in at least one lapse in coverage for the former lawmen.

Council will host its regularly scheduled workshop meeting on Thursday at 7 p.m. Both meetings will take place at borough hall, 221 Spruce St.